Antimicrobial stewardship and the allergist: Reclaiming our antibiotic armamentarium

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 400-401

  Ressner, Roseanne A ^a,b   Gada, Satyen M ^a,b   Banks, Taylor A ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DEATH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGIST; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS;

EID: 84962322013     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ886     Document Type: Letter

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